Rebirth of an Old Farmer: Escape from Famine with Children and Grandchildren

After hearing this, Zhu Xiuqin looked at him with confusion on her face: "Isn't this something your mother made up to fool the children? Why have I never heard of this before?"

"You, you can believe it or not! My mother would never lie to me. She only heard it from her elders when she was little. The older generation knows the whole story!"

After the words fell, everyone looked at the village chief at the same time. The village chief frowned and turned to ask Aunt Qu: "Aunt, have you heard about this?"

Aunt Qu's eyes were dazed for a moment, as if she was recalling an old story: "Well, there seems to be such a saying..."

Er Quezi immediately glanced at Zhu Xiuqin triumphantly.

Zhu Xiuqin tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk: "Aunt Qu, do you still remember where that temple is?"

Aunt Qu shook her head and smiled bitterly: "I'm old now, I can't remember clearly."

"How are you going to hide from the rain if you don't even know where it is? God knows how dangerous the road is! Erquezi, you're talking nonsense!"

Er Quezi's face turned red with anger. He glared at Zhu Xiuqin fiercely and said nothing more.

Sun Wan seemed to be thinking about something.

"Anyway, we have to cross Lushui Mountain when we go to Huizhou, so why not try our luck?"

She looked up at the still shaking cave ceiling and said, "This cave is not stable. We need to leave quickly."

With no other choice, everyone quickly packed up their luggage, carried their backpacks again, and headed towards Lushui Mountain.

And at this moment, in Lushui County.

Deep inside the county government office, Zhu Zhennan and his gang took advantage of the fact that no one was around and simply took over the entire county government office. They threw all the corpses into the well in the backyard and sealed it with stone slabs.

A dejected subordinate walked in and reported, "Those damned locust monsters looted everything so thoroughly, not even a straw was left!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhennan's face became even gloomier.

During the pursuit along the way, not to mention how much food we recovered, most of our brothers have already been killed!

Those guys were despicable. The burns they suffered were more severe than ordinary knife wounds. Not only were they difficult to heal, but even if they were healed, it would take more time and medicine than knife wounds!

Zhu Zhennan was not particularly concerned with friendship, but he understood that the world was in such a mess that there was no hope of improvement, and he had to find a reliable force to rely on in the future.

But if you want to be taken in by someone, you have to have some skills yourself.

These brothers in Lushui County have followed him the longest. Except for the traitors who have been eliminated, the rest are still quite loyal.

So Zhu Zhennan had to grit his teeth and pay for his brothers' treatment out of his own pocket.

Zhu Zhennan felt heartbroken when he thought of the money being spent like water.

"Have you searched it thoroughly? Those officials are very cunning. They must have hidden a lot of money in secret places. I don't believe they can be so cunning."

The subordinate's face turned even more bitter: "We almost turned the place upside down, and we really found two or three of those mysterious boxes you mentioned. Unfortunately, they were already emptied!"

"Tsk."

Zhu Zhennan pursed his lips and said, "These bastards are really good at disappearing."

"Boss, what are we going to do next? There are so many people who need to feed, and your savings alone won't be enough."

Zhu Zhennan glanced at him with a malicious smile on his face: "You are quite familiar with my family background, right?"

The subordinate immediately broke out in a cold sweat and nodded hurriedly: "It's my fault for worrying so much. I'm worried about you!"

Zhu Zhennan snorted: "Of course I have a way to solve the livelihood problem."

"Go gather the others. Even though the county government is ruined, there are still many wealthy families in the county."

When his men heard this, their eyes lit up and they quickly responded and hurriedly gathered their men.

That night, three wealthy families in Lushui County were wiped out.

Until dawn, Zhu Zhennan held the bent knife and looked at the mountains around Lushui County in the distance.

He was covered in blood, but with a cruel and fierce smile on his face, he led a group of brothers and ran towards Jizhou City without hesitation.

……

In the mountains and forests, the team from Darong Village struggled forward on the winding mountain road.

The mountain road was steep and the team had to avoid possible landslides, so their progress became increasingly slow.

Everyone was gradually exhausted, and the young man pushing the grain cart was gasping for air and staggering.

The village chief looked around and took a deep breath: "Sister-in-law Sun, let's find a place to rest for a while."

"The rain is getting heavier."

The rain was pouring down, and the village chief seemed to be yelling.

Sun Wan was also exhausted. The reason she could hold on until now was partly due to the physique she had developed through years of farm work, and partly because Su Rongze was always by her side, supporting her.

Sun Wan narrowed her eyes, looked around hard, and shook her head with difficulty: "You can't stop!"

"We're halfway up the mountain now, and a mudslide could hit at any moment. We have to at least climb up there!"

Everyone looked in the direction Sun Wan pointed and noticed a small flat area on the top of a mountain in the distance.

Although it seemed far away, it at least provided everyone with a goal, so the villagers gritted their teeth and mustered up the courage to move forward again.

At this moment, a terrified scream suddenly sounded behind him: "Ah!"

Sun Wan's heart tightened and she turned around suddenly, only to see another small mudslide breaking out not far behind her.

And just below the impending mudslide, there were several people standing, and the person who screamed just now was Su Guiying!

"Run! Run to the right!"

Sun Wan's heart tightened. She dropped her luggage without hesitation and rushed towards Su Guiying, shouting loudly as she ran.

Su Guiying was so frightened that she was stunned.

She grew up under Sun Wan's care and never suffered any hardship. Although she was a country girl, she rarely even set foot in the fields.

However, in the past few days, her world has been turned upside down. First, her mother suddenly became vicious, then she witnessed her sister-in-law's tragic death in front of her eyes, and even her grandmother and aunt became hideous.

After Su Duanxu returned, he seemed like a different person. He was like a walking corpse all day long and didn't notice anything unusual about his sister at all.

Along the way, the brother and sister's mental state was not very stable.

Today, they had just stepped into the mountains, thinking that they could reach Lushui County after leaving the mountains, but they unexpectedly encountered a mudslide!

Old Mrs. Sun was the first to smell the danger. She shouted loudly and ran to the side with her little grandson Sun Zhuo in her arms. Sun Sheng and Song Ping followed closely behind. Only the brother and sister from the Su family seemed to have lost their souls and fell slowly behind.

Sun Sheng couldn't bear it, so he grabbed Su Duanxu and ran out, leaving Su Guiying alone.

The mudslide came so violently that it was about to swallow up half of the mountain in the blink of an eye. Su Guiying was stunned for a moment, and her eyes were filled with muddy yellow waves.

"oops!"

Su Guiying's mind was in a mess as she screamed. She was so frightened that she couldn't even move her legs. Not to mention escaping, she couldn't even stand!

Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her shoulder, and then a huge force lifted her up, almost dragging her out of the path of the mudslide.

"Oh!"